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What does real diksa (initiation) mean?
A person should not consider him diksita (initiate) as long as divya jana (transcendental knowledge) has not truly manifested in his heart. Some are maybe 50 % inclined, some 70%, some 90%, some even 99% but still one percent is missing, that is the arrangement of...
Gaudiyas don’t pray for a peaceful life
Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada told that-- "If somebody says I like to live a very peaceful life so that nobody is disturbing me, then this is also one kind of kama-- passive kama. You cannot see it but it is some kind of self-satisfaction. This...
IS CORONA A CURSE OR BLESSING? (Part-3).
Knowingly or unknowingly each and every Jivatma is a Vaishnava. If we can see the whole world in relation to the Supreme Lord it is quiet natural for us to discover our duty to each other. If this happened right now then the whole world would automatically become free of any Corona effect
Material people always thinking “I am not going to die”
In the Niti-shastra it is written that those who are going to acquire some material knowledge, wealth, education etc., they always have to think that “I am not going to die”; otherwise they can feel no inspiration
Lip and life
Preaching of the word of God is the function of the Acharya who practises what he preaches. It is only when the conscious service of the Lord has been fully attained that one is fit to be styled an Acharya
IS CORONA A CURSE OR A BLESSING? (Part-2)
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ (Bg. 18.66) “Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do...
Gaudiya Math and Politics
(VOL.XXXI. The Harmonist, July 26,1935, No.23, Tridandiswami B. H. Bon.) The relation between Church and State is one of the important subjects that continue to engage the attention of both. The modern state takes its stand on common sense. It is in the habit of...
IS CORONA A CURSE OR BLESSING? (Part 1)
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda asked, “What does it concern you if whole world is going to be burnt up? Just go on hearing hari-kathā to save yourself.” Genuine hari-kathā is nothing but Vaikuṇṭha-vāṇī....
The divine Apperance day of Śrī Viṣṇupriyā devī
Vishnu Priya is Gaura-nama Acarya. Everyone knows how Srila Haridas Thakur took shelter of the Holy Name. He became widely known as Srila Namacarya Haridas Thakur. But Vishnupriya is also an Acarya. She is Gauranama Acarya.
Divine Appearance Day of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
(Extracts from the Harikatha of Shyam das Baba Maharaj) First try to understand the gravity of Rādhāṣṭamī. jagat-mohana kṛṣṇa, tāṅhāra mohinī ataeva samastera parā ṭhākurāṇī (C.c Adi-lila 4.95) “Kṛṣṇa enchants the whole world, but Śrī Rādhārāṇī enchants even Him....